The four nominees are being offered to fill vacancies on two federal appellate courts as well as openings on US district courts in Minnesota and California . The nominees include a U.S. Navy Reserve Captain and Navy Reserve Lieutenant Commander a KoreanAmerican state court judge and a Korean American superior court judge . The White House chief of staff Jeff Zients said in a statement to that pointed to the recent spree of Senate judicial confirmations that put a labor lawyer a civil rights attorney and former public defender and a reproductive rights lawyer on the federal bench . A change to Senate norms made by Republicans under the Trump administration abolished a tradition that required home state senators to sign off on appeals court nominees but such approval is still needed for nominees for US districts courts to advance in the Senate . A White House official said that relevant senators were consulted in the selection process. That includes the Republican senators from Kansas whom the Biden administration worked with in picking Federico for the th Circuit opening in their state the White House . The nominee likewise has a military background serving as a captain in the US Navy Reserve. The nominee also has a legal background serving at least one of the nominees for an appeals courtnominees in their states . The nomination is also said to be vetted by a White House officials. A nominee for an appellate court. The nomination has also been described as ‘diverse’ and “diverse and ‘unclear” and the nominee. The nominees are selected by a nominee for the nominee’s choice for a federal judge’. The nominated nominee. for the nomination. for an appeal. for a nominee. to be a nominee” for the federal judicial. The White. for. and the nominees. The President’t
With latest batch of judicial nominees, Biden has put forward 180 people for the federal bench
